Monitoring system and method for nuclear weapons effects detection and damage assessment

Patent · Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5906470

Christianson, C L; Hall, J S

A monitoring system is described for detecting the effects of a nuclear explosion so as to assess the damage to personnel and property based on certain known characteristics of predetermined signals to be detected, comprising: a sensor heat for detecting the predetermined signals, the head being spherical in shape; and an electronic signal processor operatively connected to the sensor head so as to process the predetermined signals according to a predetermined program so as to generate derived quantities from the certain known characteristics of the predetermined signals that can be used to generate derived quantities of blast data to assess damage from the nuclear explosion to property and personnel, the sensor head further comprising a plurality of temperature sensors strategically disposed about the top half thereof for sensing the thermal effects of the nuclear explosion and to provide information concerning the direction of the radiation.

• Assignee: NOV; NOV-89-066071; EDB-89-117721
• Patent Number(s): US 4827414
• OSTI ID: 5906470
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 8 Jul 1985
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
RADIATION DETECTION
RADIATION DETECTORS
COMPUTERS
DAMAGE
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
MONITORING
MONITORS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DETECTION
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
DETECTION
EXPLOSIONS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
450300* - Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense- Nuclear Explosion Detection
440101 - Radiation Instrumentation- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments